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18wks and feel really uncomfortable with my body....

18wks and I don't like my body. I feel and look huge. Like I'm 6 months if you ask me. I work out still so it's not like I lay around and pig out. I hate when people announce to the world that I'm pregnant. This is my first child and I am happy and feel blessed but I think my biggest fear is how my body will look after the pregnancy is over. Not depressed or stressed just wanted to know if there was anyone out there that may have felt what i'm feeling.

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I feel your pain. I'm only 12 weeks along but I'm starting to gain weight and people are noticing. I've always had a good metabolism and an active lifestyle so it's weird to suddenly gain weight and not have control over it. I'm not too worried, it's just weird not having control of these things. I feel like I'm in someone else's body now, with the size of my gut and breasts. Where did they COME from? And I AM a little worried about how I'll look when this is all over. The worst part is: I'm not even in the second trimester yet! My mommy friends assure me it's going to get worse.

You are not alone. Its hard to gadge where we are suppose to be and what we are suppose to look like. The hardest for me was when I didn't quite show, I felt like I just looked chubby. It is hard now because I am like really? No one ever told me that my a** got bigger when I was pregnant, I know the baby does not grow there!

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